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Fire-And-Forget Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Fire-And-Forget, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

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Fire-And-Forget Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Misagh-1 MANPADS, Man-portable infrared-guided surface-to-air missile, Air DefenseAir DefenseMisagh-1 MANPADSMan-portable infrared-guided surface-to-air missileSide: Iraqi insurgent and militia forcesHouthi-aligned forcesBuilt: Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex / IranThe Misagh-1 is an Iranian shoulder-fired, infrared-guided surface-to-air missile in the Chinese QW-1 design line. Open-source evidence outside Iran is strongest for reported Iraq War 2003-2011 insurgent possession and Houthi QW-1-pattern display evidence in Yemen, but both lanes require care because Misagh-1, QW-1, and closely related patterns can be difficult to distinguish from imagery alone.

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Fire-And-Forget Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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FGM-148 Javelin, Man-portable anti-tank guided missile system, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsFGM-148 JavelinMan-portable anti-tank guided missile systemSide: United States and coalition forcesUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesUkraineAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesGovernment of National AccordLibyan National ArmyBuilt: Raytheon / Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe FGM-148 Javelin is an American man-portable, fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile system built around a reusable command launch unit and a disposable missile tube. Developed from the Army's AAWS-M / Tank Breaker lineage, it entered U.S. service in 1996 and remains notable for top-attack and direct-fire modes, an imaging-infrared seeker, and documented combat use from Iraq and Afghanistan to Ukraine.

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Fire-And-Forget Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Marte Mk.2 anti-ship missile, Anti-ship missile, MunitionsMunitionsMarte Mk.2 anti-ship missileAnti-ship missileSide: UnknownBuilt: MBDA / OTO Melara / ItalyThe Marte Mk.2 is an Italian anti-ship missile family weapon marketed by MBDA and originally developed by Oto Melara. MBDA describes the shared MARTE MK2 missile as a fire-and-forget, all-weather, sea-skimming weapon with inertial mid-course navigation, active radar terminal homing, and an effective range beyond 30 km, while the MK2/N and MK2/S variants extend it into ship-launched and helicopter-launched roles.
Brimstone, Anti-tank guided missile, MunitionsMunitionsBrimstoneAnti-tank guided missileSide: UkraineAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesYemeni government and coalition forcesUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesNATO-led coalitionBuilt: MBDA UK / United KingdomBrimstone is a British MBDA precision-guided anti-armor and strike missile built around millimetric-wave radar guidance, with later variants adding semi-active laser and inertial navigation options. Originally fielded from RAF aircraft, it has also been adapted into surface-launched configurations, including donated Ukrainian ground-launch use against Russian armor and formations.